Apparatus for shaping glass.



No. 827,679. ;AATBNTBD JULY 31, 1906.

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APPARATUS POR SHAPING GLASS; APPLICATION HLBD AUq.*16 1905.

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m l Y @M4 PATBNTED'JULY 31, 1906.

F. L. 0. WADSWORTH.

APPARATUS FOR SHAPING GLASS.

APPLIOATION Fusi) AUG.16,1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENTA eration;

FRANK ig. o.' WADSWORTH, oF MORGANTOWN, WEST vinonun.

APPARATUS Fon SHA'PING GLASS;

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1906.

Original applioatlonleilfuue 10, 1903, Serial No. 180,878. Divided andvthis applioatiouiled August 16. 1905. Serial No. 274.394.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be ity known that I, FRANK L. O. .Wans- WORTH, of Mor antown, Monongalia county,

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Nest Virginia, ave invented anew and useful Apparatus for Shaping Glass, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The' present application is a division of my Patent No. 789,642, granted September -5, 1905,the application for whichwas iled June 1o', 1903. f

The prpose of my invention is to provide means for producing on glass articles a better surface and figures ci more accurate youtline. than has" been produced heretofore on articles pressed or molded in the ordinary way 'and also to control the glass durin and. after its shaping in the. molding or rol ing apparatus.

In the ordinary methods of4 rolling and pressing glass it frequently happens that small bubbles of air and particles of dust and other foreign substances are trapped between the molding-surface and the glass, and

although they may be small they .roduce' irregularities of .surface which mar t o glass and prevent it from takin the form desired. Like defects are producedliy gases which are liberated from the hot surface of the mold or .rolling apparatus. I

My invention avoids these diculties by providing means for creating a vacuum bettween the lass and 4vthe molding or rolling surface andgwithdrawin the gases and particles of dust, so that t e glass comes into perfect contact with the moldin or rolling apparatus and a perfectly clean Irright surface'is produced.

My inventionmay be usedV in the forms shown .in the drawin s, which illustrate its principle and will ena le those skilled in the art to ap ly it in the manufacture of many kinds ofg ass articles. y

y 'In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of aglassress equipped with means for the practice o my invention. -Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the mold on a.

5g larger scale. Fig. '3- is a vertical section of glass-rolling apparatus adapted to the'pracltice of my invention. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of part of the table and ol the roll on a Fig? 5 'is a' 'longitudinal section of .otherrollingappcratim for rolling prismand links 11 to a crank i2.

glass with the use of my invention. Fig. 6 is Aa cross-section of part of the table of Fi 5, showin the grooved rollin elevation. iig. 7 is a ongitudinal section of apparatus for rolling plaln sheet-glass with the use of my invention, and Fig. 8 is a vertical cross-section of the ap aratus shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 shows amo 'fied plunger. l

In Figs. l and 2 I show In r inventen as a plied to the manufacture of llollowpressedass articles. 2 is the mold, whose interior lgias the shape desired for the finished ar ole and is formed with a pattern to be impressed on the glass. Air-passages a lead from its interior surface to' an exterior chamber fl. i is the plunger, and 5 is a piston which enters the chamber 4 and is provided with suitable Vvr surface packing 5. he chamber l 3 e erably constituted by a metal ri is seatedlon the base of the molo'. vided with suitable airtight pac mold 2 ma be made of hing i which are c osed tightly' togi-itherwl.- ey are`surrounded by the piston 5 and ring (i. The iston 5 is carried by a head S, having stan ards 9 connected by a crosshead 1.0 A second crank 13 is set on the shaft of the crank l2, preferu ably at ninety degrees therefrom, and is connected b a link 14 to the stem 3 ot the plunger 3. he piston 5 is traversed by aiepassages which lead from an air-chamber 1.5 at the u per end of the'piston and are connected there yto the pipe 'L6 of suitable air-exhaueting apparatus. (Not shown.) The plunger 3 may also be'provided with. piston 5*L and air-passages a, like those of the mold, as shown'in Fig. 9, the stem 8 in such case being hollow and connected with air-exhaustapparatus.

In operating the device shown in Figs. l-

and 2 the ring 6 is laced around the mold, so asto form the cham er 4, and the cranks12 Vandy 13 are set in the position shownin Fig. 1, so that the piston 5 is brought to its `lowest' esition in the chamber 4, while the lung'erg is still elevated. A gathering of g assis then placed 1n the mold and the cranks operated 1n the direc tion shown by the arrow.. Asthe plunger descends into the incid thepiston 5 sirniiltaneqnsly rises, successively uncovering the openings a.. The connection between the piston and the ainexhausting apparatus is maintained duri this operations@ that as the glass, is presse thenold the rising the perforations successively as they are eov- I a cover for said perforations :coacting with ered by the article being formed; substantially as described.

3. A glass-rolling table, having its formingface communicating through perforations tol an air-exhaustin mechanism and means whereby communication is made successively throughsuch perforations with said mechanism substantially as described.

4. A glass-rolling tableJ having its forming-face communicating through perforations to an air-exhausting mechanism, a roll, and

the roll and constructed to open communication between the perforations and the airexhausting mechanism as the perfor-ations are covered by the sheet being rolled; subistantially asrdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

FRANK L.. O. WADSWORTH. Witnesses:

G. M. VIERS," H. M. CORWIN.- 

